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The Talk Shows
Sep 13th, 2026
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox; democrat socialist candidate for Michigan Senator Abdul El-Sayed; new polling with Anthony Salvanto.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R), North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D); democrat then independent then Republican “activist” Lindy Li. Panel: Mollie Hemingway, Philip Wegmann and Juan Williams.
MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA); Former Biden Sec Transportation Pete Buttigieg; Jacob Coxon, Anthropic “whistleblower” (who was not a top scientist and only worked there four months). (MSDNC) Panel: Ashley Etienne, Jonathan Martin and Marc Short—EVERY one of these easily forgotten angry Leftists slinging anti-American balderdash are featured on MSNBC/Now!
THIS WEEK (ABC): Hosted by Little Georgie Steponallofus (or is it Martha Raddish?): House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.); Jacob Coxon, Anthropic “whistleblower” (who was not a top scientist and only worked there four months); Martha Raddatz interviews Army Sgt. First Class Steve Workman and Lt. Kevin Shaeffer, who were injured and rescued each other in the 9/11 Pentagon attack. Panel: Donna BrazileNut, Chris Christie, Ramesh Ponnuru and Astead Herndon —the same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandists and Fat RINOs!
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA); (Swallwell co-conspirator and tag-teamer) Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.); National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett. Panel: Rep. Scott Jennings, Shermichael Singleton, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)—EXCEPT for Scott Jennings, Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of democrap talking points parrots!
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch? NOT Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas); Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.); Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.); Steve Yates, Senior Research Fellow at the Federalist Society, Heritage Center.
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From my AI discussion:
BUTCHER’S THUMB – Sunday, September 13th, 2026
(Hybrid Format)
General Mood
The networks are drifting even deeper into election‑season autopilot — the same panels, the same narratives, the same “democracy framing,” and the same parade of Republicans chosen specifically because they’ll criticize Trump. Meanwhile, the world is moving fast in ways the shows won’t touch. Iran is escalating again, gas prices are rising, the Houthis are hitting energy infrastructure, and the RNC midterm convention is revealing real political shifts. And yet the Sunday lineup pretends the only story in America is November.
This week’s guest lists are weak. The real stories are happening elsewhere.
What’s Not Being Covered
#1 — Iran’s New Attacks
Iran has launched fresh strikes and escalatory actions across the region — a regime lashing out as its influence erodes. This is a real geopolitical story with real consequences, but the Sunday shows won’t touch it. It doesn’t fit their election‑season script, and it doesn’t help the narratives they’re trying to build.
#2 — Gas Prices Rising
Gas prices are climbing again, driven by global instability and energy‑sector sabotage. Instead of explaining the real causes, the networks will reduce it to “voter concerns” and “economic messaging.” Anything that requires connecting foreign events to domestic pain gets quietly ignored.
#3 — Houthis Take Territory and Bomb the Saudi Bypass Pipeline
The Houthis have seized new territory and struck a Saudi pipeline — and not just any pipeline, but the very overland route the Saudis were using to bypass Gulf shipping and avoid the danger of the Strait of Hormuz. In other words, the Houthis didn’t just hit infrastructure; they hit the workaround. They struck the alternative path the Saudis built specifically to escape Iranian choke‑points. That’s a major strategic escalation with global energy implications. Yet the Sunday shows won’t touch it. It’s too complex, too foreign, and far too inconvenient for their election‑only framing.
#4 — The RNC Midterm Convention
The RNC’s midterm convention is underway, revealing real strategic shifts inside the party. But the networks won’t cover it honestly. They’ll cherry‑pick a quote or two, ignore the substance, and return to their preferred framing. Anything that shows Republicans organizing, planning, or gaining momentum gets buried.
#5 — The Doxing of the Clancy Jury Holdout
The Clancy case took a darker turn when the jury holdout was doxed — a disturbing escalation that raises serious questions about intimidation, privacy, and the ability of jurors to serve without fear. This should be a major story. Instead, the networks pretend it didn’t happen. It’s too raw, too revealing, and too inconvenient.
Show‑by‑Show Breakdown
CBS – Face the Nation (Margaret Brennan)
Brennan brings on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Michigan socialist Senate candidate Abdul El‑Sayed, and polling analyst Anthony Salvanto. It’s a safe, predictable lineup designed to reinforce the election narrative. No mention of Iran’s attacks. No mention of rising gas prices. No mention of the Houthis. No mention of the RNC convention. And absolutely no mention of the Clancy doxing.
Verdict: Procedural, cautious, and incomplete.
Fox News Sunday (Shannon Bream)
Kevin Hassett appears to discuss the economy, followed by a governor roundtable featuring Kevin Stitt, Phil Scott, Josh Stein, and Wes Moore. Lindy Li shows up to provide her usual shapeshifting commentary. The panel — Hemingway, Wegmann, and Juan Williams — will offer some substance, but the deeper stories will still be missing. Iran’s attacks and the Houthi pipeline strike might get a passing mention, but not the broader implications. The Clancy doxing will likely be ignored.
Verdict: Some substance, but not the full picture.
NBC – Meet the Press (Kristen Welker)
Welker hosts Speaker Mike Johnson, Pete Buttigieg, and Jacob Coxon — the “whistleblower” who worked at Anthropic for four months and is now being paraded around to prove “AI Bad! Data Centers Bad! Run for your lives!” The panel is the usual MSNBC‑adjacent lineup. NBC will focus entirely on election framing and AI panic. Iran’s attacks won’t be mentioned. Gas prices won’t be connected to global instability. The RNC convention will be treated as background noise. And the Clancy doxing will be ignored.
Verdict: Domestic politics only; inconvenient stories ignored.
ABC – This Week (George Stephanopoulos / Martha Raddatz)
Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Lawler, and Jacob Coxon headline the show, followed by a 9/11 Pentagon rescue segment with Sgt. Workman and Lt. Shaeffer. The panel — Brazile, Christie, Ponnuru, and Herndon — will recycle the same election narratives as every other week. Iran’s attacks won’t be covered. Gas prices won’t be explained. The Houthis won’t exist. The RNC convention will be reduced to a single quote. And the Clancy doxing will be ignored.
Verdict: Narrative maintenance, not news.
CNN – State of the Union (Jake Tapper)
Tapper hosts Speaker Mike Johnson, Ruben Gallego, and Kevin Hassett. The panel is the usual mix, with Scott Jennings as the lone non‑Democratic voice. CNN will frame everything through election politics. Iran’s attacks won’t be covered unless they can be tied to domestic messaging. Gas prices will be discussed without any mention of the global causes. The Houthis won’t be mentioned. The RNC convention will be framed as “Republicans in disarray.” And the Clancy doxing will be ignored.
Verdict: Predictable framing, zero curiosity.
Fox – Sunday Morning Futures (NOT Maria Bartiromo)
Beth Van Duyne, Rick Crawford, Laurel Lee, and Steve Yates appear — but without Maria, the show loses its edge. If any show mentions Iran’s attacks, the Houthis, or the RNC convention’s deeper meaning, it might be this one. But without Bartiromo, even this show feels constrained.
Verdict: Still the closest thing to actual coverage — but weakened without Maria.
Closing Cut
This week’s real story isn’t on the guest lists. It’s in the quiet moves happening off‑camera:
Iran escalating again.
Gas prices rising for reasons the networks won’t explain.
Houthis striking the very pipeline the Saudis built to escape Gulf shipping.
The RNC convention revealing strategic shifts.
And a juror doxed in a case the media pretends doesn’t exist.
The networks won’t cover these stories. The Thumb will.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "State of the Union"
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"
Listen at the link above WHILE you FReep! Also, Sharyl Attkinson’s Full Measure: Watch live at 9:30 EST.
Finally, each show has a YouTube presence, and you can easily watch them on YouTube any time after their live run!
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Next, here are the email addresses and Twitter/X pages--for commenting to the weekend talk shows:
Email: Meet the Press Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments) Twitter/X: @MeetThePress @kwelkernbc
Email: Face the Nation facethenation@cbsnews.com Twitter/X: @FaceTheNation
Email: Fox News Sunday FNS@foxnews.com Twitter/X: @foxnewssunday
Email: ABC This Week thisweek@abc.com Twitter/X: @ThisWeekABC @GStephanopoulos
Email: CNN State of the Union CNN State of the Union (web page for comments) Twitter/X: @CNNSotu @JakeTapper
Email: Sunday Morning Futures Maria@FoxBusiness.com Twitter/X: @MariaBartiromo
“The Sunday Morning Bray”, by Bray!
Peter 3:8 (King James Version)
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
There is nearly a one-to-one ratio between Presidential likeability and gas prices since it is the one thing the average person knows about economics. If it costs them more than $50 to fill their tank, they are upset and if it is $30, they are happy. It only makes sense since it is the easiest to see and track and has such a direct affect although not like people sacrificing in WWII with food rations and tens of thousands of deaths.
The mediots and their Party is tying it to the Iran war/blockade but there are far bigger problems affecting the prices than the price of oil. The closing of the two refineries in California as well as Gasbag Newsome shutting down drilling off its shore as well as Bakersfield oilfields is hurting America’s production and $8/gal diesel in Los Angeles is not going to change his mind. He thinks he can convince Californians that high priced gas is for their own good and a large percentage agree.
These refineries should be running full speed with cheap high-quality California oil to bring their prices down in the $4-5 range, but they would rather worship Gaia than feed their families. They have made it impossible to drive trucks in the state due to their CO2 laws, so everything is more expensive and especially food produced in that state since producing and transporting food is excessively high. This does not even count the water restrictions which drives food prices to the moon. Ain’t the Democrat Socialist Party wonderful.
President Trump has done everything he can to increase production by eliminating all of Biden’s drilling restrictions in the Gulf, Alaska, and Federal lands for fracking. The scrapping the XL pipeline would be bringing a good percentage of Iranian production, but American Socialists hate oil, so he cancelled it and Canada diverted it to China. Trump is restarting that pipeline but does not help today.
It is the same old story Dims cause the problems and then run on fixing the problems they caused with solutions which will make the problems worse. Gasbag claimed to solve the gas and oil problem by shutting down oil and refining production to supposedly worship the Earth by stopping the earth changing worldwide temperature by making CO2 a villain gas. If the earth was getting warmer why has West Coast summers become shorter and cooler? It sits on the edge of the largest ocean on the planet which should be a very large sample of the earth’s temperature, and it is not suffering.
To make matters worse Blue States like CA have outlawed gas cars, Natural Gas stoves and heat, and gas, coal, and nuclear power plants and are supposed to power cars with windmills and solar panels. They have eliminated drilling for oil, mining coal, refining oil and when gas prices goes up it is Trump’s fault for blockading Iran.
Iran should have been taken care of ten to twenty years ago, but every President were terrified to go to war with them. They rightly saw a war like Iraq only twice as hard from them being the most powerful army in the Middle East and having another ten-year war ending in stalemate. They did not consider an air war with a blockade which would have no troops or citizen casualties, which are total is only 13 at the start and those manning stations outside the country. It is actually a brilliant method of defeating them although it takes time which plays into the Old Media narrative of endless wars.
This blockade is just like the rest of Trump’s long term oil production. When Venezuela and Iran are producing their capabilities as well as the finished pipelines and a large refinery being built in Texas there will be plenty of production for America and the world but does not help today.
President Trump could have sat back and let Iran continue to terrorize the world while perhaps making a bomb and already had a rocket that could fly 3500 miles they could deliver to Europe and eventually America. Gas would stay low and he would be the hero until they successfully hit a major city and would be blamed for not stopping them. He chose stopping them and has done a stellar job except it is costing Americans higher priced gas which is a relatively small sacrifice considering the risks of letting them alone.
President Trump had no real good choices and took the best one and hoped they would be rational for once and was wrong. Most Americans understand this and especially conservatives who know Iran was the center of terrorism and is now a toothless lion thanks to Trump. Keep your backbone, President.
Pray for the Iranian People
Note: The above opinion is not necessarily my own, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.
I'm hoping that there is some sort of nationwide revulsion and reaction to the verdict itself; 11 crazy people voted to put that killer back on the street. We must be somewhere near bottom on our cultural decay.
And when will the media types start each election interview with a female candidate with, "Is Lindsay Clancy guilty?" If not, the whole thing will go into the dustbin next to the OJ verdict.
One story I thought was relevant was the in-depth look at 911 which showed 11 perps from Saudi Arabia which is true and was a huge problem.
The suggestion of course that we go after the Saudis for what they did during 911 is hard to disagree with. Of course there are intervening problems today such as Iran. If we don't get out of Iran and sooner or sooner it will soon threaten the 2028 elections.
It's already got a pretty big hold on 2026 and appears it will have some costs to us if our side does not come out in big enough numbers.
The media is slick enough to ignore 20 million illegals crossing the border and all the madness and mayhem that the Obiden regime brought. Inflation gone wild crazy spending and all the rest that was typical of demoncrats in office.
None of that will be mentioned only "Trumps fav. war" and the current gas prices.
We don't need Saudi interference added in.Here's why.
The Problem with going after the Saudis now is that we can't solve Iran without Saudi Arabian help.
They are the key to also getting help from UAE,Oman,and a dozen other countries. We need a bunch of mid-east countries that are all effected by Iran to take over sooner or sooner. It all begins with the Saudis.
Trump has an excellent relationship with MBS their leader and has had so many great feats already we don't need any other problems.
It's likely the way we nuked Venezuela with weaponry others can only dream of was possibly done by Israel.
Several years ago the Saudis paid Israel at least two billion to create weaponry similar to what we used in Venezuela. Without it we would still be struggling with Cuba,Venezuela and it would be even worse with Iran.
With it we see how easy it was to take out Maduro. This is possibly from the Saudis willing to pony up the money to get Israel to make the weaponry.Just a guess. I won't go into the rest it's equally as significant.
So that was not mentioned this week and personally I'm glad it wasn't. It was 25 years ago and another world apart from the one we live in today.
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